Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 198 The Money Tree
Within the spirit cave, a vast power of the soul surged.

After a series of unsuccessful attempts, Jiang Chen began to try to forcibly peer into the inheritance within the golden toad using his powerful soul force. This behavior would be dangerous for others, as it could lead to injury to the soul, but for Jiang Chen, it was nothing.

With a whoosh, a surge of boundless soul power swept through the area, and at one moment, Jiang Chen touched an invisible barrier within the golden toad.

Upon noticing this change, Jiang Chen's eyes lit up instantly.

"Open it for me!"

With his soul power shifting and transforming into a drill, Jiang Chen forcefully passed through that invisible barrier. At that moment, he saw clusters of light, some large and some small.

Sensing the increasingly strong rejection from within the golden toad, Jiang Chen didn't have time to think and directly scooped up the nearest ball of light.

At that very moment, the backlash arrived, directly shattering Jiang Chen's divine soul power.

"Ouch, that hurts..."

On the jade lotus platform, feeling dizzy and lightheaded, Jiang Chen couldn't help but cover his head.

At the same time, a message of inheritance slowly flowed through his heart.

"Money Tree, a method for crafting a magical artifact..."

With his headache subsiding slightly, Jiang Chen began to digest the inherited information he had received.

"The money tree takes root wherever it lands, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth to transform into spiritual money. This spiritual money can then be used to nourish the spiritual veins. This treasure is truly wondrous; it is indeed a money tree in all its glory..."

"With such a cash cow, the foundation of a local power would probably be greatly enhanced."

Realizing the extraordinary nature of the money tree, Jiang Chen knew that his previous efforts had not been in vain.

All spiritual energy in this world is transformed from the power of heaven and earth. However, the power of heaven and earth is obscure, and ordinary cultivators cannot even sense it, let alone touch it. Only when one has established a foundation for the Dao can one sense the power of heaven and earth, but even then, it is only a sense.

The money tree, however, has the ability to draw upon the power of heaven and earth, which is quite extraordinary. Theoretically speaking, even in a place devoid of spiritual energy, as long as there is a money tree, a cultivator can cultivate a spiritual vein on their own.

"The Money Tree is one of the core magical artifacts of this inheritance. Although it starts as a spiritual artifact, its upper limit is not. There is an even more advanced method of refining the Money Tree within the Golden Toad. Compared to the spiritual artifact level Money Tree, its mysteries are even greater..."

As thoughts arose and faded, Jiang Chen gained a deeper understanding of the preciousness of the inheritance within the Golden Toad.

"A money tree is good, a money tree is wonderful. Anyone who has a money tree basically doesn't have to worry too much about spiritual energy. But it's not easy to refine this magic weapon."

"Leaving aside the essence of the five jades, this rootless tree alone is enough to give anyone a headache..."

Looking at the materials needed to refine the Money Tree, Jiang Chen couldn't help but shake his head.

He had never even heard of a significant portion of these materials, and even if there was corresponding information in the inheritance, collecting them would be extremely difficult.

For example, the essence of the Five Jade Elements is essentially the vital essence born from the veins of the Five Elements Jade. Each one is a rare spiritual object, excellent for both cultivating techniques and forging weapons, with a wide range of uses. Their appearance often causes a frenzy, and collecting them all is no easy task. Not to mention the rootless tree. A person dies without a heart, and a tree dies without roots—this is the natural order. However, countless opportunities and coincidences exist in the world, and miracles always occur. Some spiritual trees and exotic trees, for various reasons, can still grow even without roots; these are called rootless trees.

The quality of a rootless tree is not necessarily high. Theoretically, even an ordinary tree can become a rootless tree by chance. It represents more of a miracle, and finding it is more a matter of chance.

"It takes time to truly become a money-making machine; there's no rush."

Shaking his head to calm the backlash from his soul, Jiang Chen stopped thinking about it.

"The inheritance inside this golden toad is very rich. I can try to extract more of it in the future. However, the restrictions inside this golden toad are quite remarkable. The closer you get to the core, the stronger they become. It won't be easy for me to extract more inheritance from it."

Jiang Chen's gaze returned to the golden toad, and various thoughts flashed through his mind. Having personally tried it once, he gained a deeper understanding of the inheritance within the golden toad.

"However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. It is also a way for me to temper my soul. Obtaining the inheritance is not so important."

Sensing the changes in his own soul, Jiang Chen temporarily put away the golden toad.

"The inheritance within the Golden Toad is certainly good, but it may not be of much use to me now. On the contrary, the secret technique of the Golden and Silver Puppets is quite helpful to me."

"Although this Golden and Silver Puppet Technique is a complementary technique to the Golden and Silver Qi-Inducing Technique, and only by cultivating the Golden and Silver Qi-Inducing Technique to a certain level can one create a Golden and Silver Puppet, what is truly precious to me is the method of differentiating consciousness and entrusting it to other objects."

With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Chen began to delve deeper into the secret technique of the Golden and Silver Puppets. He had been interested in this technique for a long time, as it was a rare technique that touched upon the realm of the soul.

While Jiang Chen was engrossed in comprehending the secret technique, in an unknown place, a powerful demonic aura was rising continuously.

"That Lu Yongnian guy actually broke through to the Dao Foundation before me? It's just a pity that he had already fallen into a trap and was destined to fail."

Upon receiving the news from the outside world, Lady Qinghua, the mistress of the Green Serpent Palace, shook her head.

She had a miraculous encounter in her early years, obtaining a Transformation Grass, which allowed her to cultivate a half-human, half-demon form. Her upper body was human, and her lower body was snake-like. She had a graceful figure, a beautiful face, phoenix eyes, a blue flower between her eyebrows, and dark purple lips, making people unconsciously draw their attention to her.

"To this day, I have completed the initial refining of the Spirit Treasure Hundred Poison Wood Heart. The next step is to truly break through to the Dao Foundation Realm, and I have already prepared the necessary materials."

Suppressing her distracting thoughts, Lady Qinghua calmed her mind, for she had waited a very long time for this day.

In her original plan, she intended to continuously enhance her dragon blood to advance her foundation for the Dao. This was destined to be a long process with little chance of success. However, by chance, a spiritual treasure was nurtured within the Five Immortals Mountain, and it was the Hundred Poisons Wood Heart, which was quite suitable for her. This gave her new hope.

It was precisely for this reason that she decisively seized the spiritual treasure and paid a considerable price to gain the support of Blackwater Dock, thus creating a better cultivation environment for herself.

"Once I have laid the foundation for my Dao, everything will be different."

With her mind at peace, Lady Qinghua sat cross-legged on the white jade bed, no longer paying attention to the changes in the outside world. The royal princes and Lu Yongnian were all irrelevant to her. At this moment, her only thought was to build her Dao foundation.

(End of this chapter)